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Lot 106
  • 106

Sir Winston Churchill

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sir Winston Churchill
  • The Second World War. Cassell and Company, 1948-1954
  • paper, ink
8vo, 6 volumes, first English edition, presentation copies each signed by the author ("Inscribed | for | Rhoda | by | Winston S. Churchill | November 1956" in vol I and "Winston S. Churchill" in vol II-VI), half-red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges

together with:
Black and white photographic print after the 1916 William Orpen portrait, signed "Winston S. Churchill" on card, print laid down to card 38 by 30cm., 15 by 12in. (7)

Condition

Occasional abrasions and minor loss to some top edges of spines and other extremities.
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